2009 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Appearance
Championship details | |
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Dates | 26 July – 27 September 2009 |
Teams | 16 |
All-Ireland champions | |
Winners | Cork (5th win) |
All Ireland Runners-up | |
Runners-up | Dublin |
Provincial champions | |
Championship Statistics | |
Matches Played | 16 |
← 2008 2010 → |
The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was held between July 26 and September 27, 2009. Cork were the winners for the fifth season in a row.[1]
Structure
- Sixteen teams compete.
- The top four teams from 2008 receive byes to the quarter-finals.
- The quarter-finalists from 2008 receive byes to the second round.
- The other eight teams play in the first round.
- All games are knockout matches, drawn games being replayed.
- The first-round losers playoff, with one team being relegated to the intermediate championship for 2010. Teams must spend two years as a senior team before they are eligible for relegation; teams that have not done so are exempt from relegation.
Fixtures and results
Early stages
Kildare | 5–12 – 3–6 | Sligo |
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St. Brigids, Kiltoom
Relegation match
Tipperary and Leitrim were exempt from relegation.
Donegal are relegated to the Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship for 2010.